I thought it was about time to post an update on my personal track entitled "Crash Landing", the finale to our EP. I brought in my own guitar and jack lead today to record some of it and structure a new section of my song around it. Since I am bringing in my own equipment it shouldn't cost me anything on my finances. I recorded it through the Scarlet DI box on my Mac workstation in G039.
I chose to record my guitar through DI rather than an amp and microphone because its a lot easier and I can use the amp modelling plugins in Logic, along with all of its effects on pedalboard. The amp modeller plugin allows me to directly intercept the signal from the guitar and alter the sound based on real life amplification cabinets. I then sent the signal from the amp modeller and through the pedalboard plugin which allowed me to add multiple effects such as fuzz, chorus and echo delay. If I was to record the guitar in the studio using a microphone I would of also captured the acoustics of the room/unwanted reverberation. Recording using DI allowed me to capture just the guitar, which is much easier to edit in Logic and add effects without unwanted side effects. Its also easier for me to record at my workstation using DI, as when I messed up I just stopped the recording and started again. Organising a studio session for just that guitar part would have been a waste of the recording budget. My track as of now clocks out at about 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
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| My session view with the pedalboard view |
I'm using a chorus effect and echo delay alongside some slight fuzz to give a very ambient guitar effect to go with the string staccato's and piano. Only things left on the checklist now is; book some studio time to record the piano, DI either a bass guitar or the Gaia synth (haven't decided yet which one I want) and arrange the ship announcer vocals.
